Method of uniting combined re-enforce and overlap pieces to shirt-bodies



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G. E. GARDNER. METHOD OF UNITING COMBINED REINFOROE AND OVERLAP PIECES T0 SHIRT BODIES.

Patented Oct. 18, 1887.

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No. 371,677. Patented Oct. 18, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. GARDNER, OF XENIA, OHIO.

METHOD OF UNITING COMBINED RE-ENFJRCE AND OVERLAP PIECES T0 SHIRT-BODIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,677, dated October 18, 1887.

Application filed July 23, 1885.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. GARDNER, of Xenia, Greene county, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Method of Uniting a Combined Re-enforce and Overlap Piece to a Shirt-Body, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in apparel shirts, the object being to produce an improved combined re-enforce and overlapof the re-enforce as cut from the fabric, a dotted line indicating the position of a transverse fold made therein to double the re-enforce back on itself to form an overlap for attachment to the slit in the shirt-back, and another dotted line indicating the position of the overfolded part of said reenforce piece. Fig. 2 illustrates the re enforce piece as folded transversely and centrally attached to the shirt-back at each side of the slit therein, with the upper ends of the parts free, folded over and down to show their relative position, and with the lower overlapping parts of the reenforce where adjacent to the transverse fold made therein curved outwardly there-at. Fig. 3 shows a plan view of the finished shirt, and Fig. 4 a section taken on the linew av of Fig. 3. The parts containing my invention, and those of the shirt with which it connects, are designated by letter-reference, and the method of cutting and connecting the parts is described as follows:

The letter R indicates a re-enforced piece that is cut from the fabric to have in combination the straight edges 6 e and the oppositely-curved portions 6 6*, and as thus out oppositely from the fabric no waste is made. The edges 6 e are parallel to each other, but at such a distance apart in parallel extension Serial No. 172,410. (No model.)

as is required for the overlap, the dotted line 0, indicating a transverse fold-line whereon the fold f of the re-enforce piece R is folded over and down on the fold f of the latter, as indicated by the dotted line f of Fig. 1. When the reenforce piece R is thus transversely folded and laid, it is placed over the shirt-back B, with the edge 6 parallel with the side a of the slit, and the edge e overlapping the opposite edge of the slit a When the parts are thus arranged, the edge e of the re-enforce is sewed to the side edge, a, of the slit, and the side a of the slit is sewed to the overlapping part 0 of the fold f of the re-enforce, as indicated at 8. When the edges of the slit are united to the two folds "f of the re-enforce R, suitable hem-folds or turned-in edges are employedin both, excepting where the edge a is connected with the overlapA of the fold f when the edge of the slit aloneis turned in, and the fly-edge of the overlap Ais made with a suitable turnedin or hem-folded edge,when used without an exterior facing-strip.

The letter E indicates a facing or additional staying-piece, that is exteriorly sewed along its edges to the overlap A of the fold f and below the fold-line of the re-enforce, so as to form a stay thereat.

The letter S* designates lines of stitching connecting the curved edges of the re-enforce to the shirt-body B, said stitching where crossing the overlap A uniting the foldsff thereat to the shirt-body.

\Vhile I have shown the exterior strip, E, used in connection with my improved re-enforce, yet the latter may be applied without it.

I am aware that a single piece of material has been folded and stitched to the sides ofthe slit in a shirt to constitute an upper and under button lap or fly, a facing and a stay for reenforcing the bottom of the opening; and also that re-enforcing forms have been madein separate pieces and secured to the shirt, one of said pieces being wider and longer than the other, and a stay-piece sewed on the edges and doubled, the crimp or double line forming the bottom of the stay, and I therefore do not claim, broadly, reenforcing pieces and stays of this construction, my improvements being specifically pointed out in the claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I ICO claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1 The method herein described of uniting an integral combined re enforce and overlap piece to a shirt-body, which consists in cutting the re-enforce piece in a single form-piece, R, 7

having parallel edges 6 e", then sewing the one part,f,of the men force to the shirt-back with its straight edge e on the edge of the back-slit of the shirt, then turning the other part, f,'of the re-enforce over and down on the shirt-back to lap the secured re-enforce with its straight edge 6 parallel with the straight edge 6, then securing it to the shirt-back by a li ne of stitches about its edges and along the back-slit of the [5 shirt, and then securing a stay-strip, E, on the outer face of the overlapping reenforce, substantially as specified.

Signed at Troy, New York, this 2nd day of July, 1885, in the presence of two witnesses 20 whose names are hereto Written.

GEO. E. GARDNER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES S. BRINTNALL, GEO. E. NoRRIs. 

